1999 Tournament of the Americas

FIBA Americas Championship 1999
9th FIBA American Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Puerto Rico
Dates	July 14–25
Teams	10 (from 43 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (4th title)
MVP	Steve Nash^[1]
< 1997 2001 >

The 1999 Tournament of the Americas, known now as the FIBA Americas Championship (also known as Las Americas Tournament for Men, the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) was a basketball championship hosted by Puerto Rico from July 14 to July 25, 1999. The games were played in San Juan at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. This FIBA Americas Championship was to earn the two berths allocated to the Americas for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States won the tournament, the country's fourth Americas championship.

Qualification

Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 1999; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.

North America: Canada, United States
Caribbean and Central America: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela

The draw split the tournament into two groups:

Group A

Argentina
Canada
Cuba
United States
Uruguay

Group B

Brazil
Dominican Republic
Panama
Puerto Rico
Venezuela

Format

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
Results and standings among teams within the same group are carried over.
The top four teams at the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3).
The winners in the knockout semifinals advance to the Final and were granted berths in the 2000 Summer Olympics tournament in Sydney. The losers figure in a third-place playoff.

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	4	4	0	403	256	+147	8
Canada	4	3	1	292	291	+1	7
Argentina	4	2	2	320	337	−17	6
Uruguay	4	1	3	302	379	−77	5
Cuba	4	0	4	277	331	−54	4

July 14

84–87 (OT)

Uruguay

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 14

70–77

Canada

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 15

Canada

75–65

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 15

72–118

United States

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 16

United States

94–60

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 16

76–81

Argentina

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 17

Canada

80–62

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 17

72–103

United States

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 18

United States

88–52

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 18

81–97

Argentina

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Group B


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	365	310	+55	8
Venezuela	4	3	1	293	287	+6	7
Brazil	4	2	2	316	324	−8	6
Dominican Republic	4	1	3	302	316	−14	5
Panama	4	0	4	289	328	−39	4

July 14

Puerto Rico

81–56 (OT)

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 14

Brazil

70–64

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 15

Venezuela

91–68

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 15

Dominican Republic

77–73

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 16

72–76

Venezuela

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 16

88–96

Puerto Rico

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 17

Puerto Rico

85–71

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 17

Venezuela

70–66

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 18

73–90

Brazil

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 18

Puerto Rico

103–95 (OT)

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Quarterfinal Group

	Qualified for the semifinals

The top four teams in both Group A and Group B advanced to the quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group once to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over.


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	7	7	0	710	485	+225	14
Canada	7	5	2	552	500	+52	12
Puerto Rico	7	5	2	625	594	+31	12
Argentina	7	5	2	599	576	+23	12
Venezuela	7	3	4	491	561	−70	10
Brazil	7	2	5	551	589	−38	9
Uruguay	7	1	6	515	646	−131	8
Dominican Republic	7	0	7	502	594	−92	7

July 19

71–95 (OT)

Argentina

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 19

Canada

95–75

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 19

Puerto Rico

93–64

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 19

United States

107–71

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 20

84–87

Venezuela

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 20

Dominican Republic

64–81

Canada

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 20

96–101

Argentina

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 20

73–90

United States

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 21

Argentina

85–71

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 21

Brazil

100–74

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 21

Puerto Rico

80–75

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 21

61–83

United States

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 22

Uruguay

78–71

Dominican Republic

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 22

77–79

Argentina

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 22

76–115

United States

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

July 22

Canada

84–55

Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final

	July 23
	United States	88
	Argentina	59

					July 24
					United States	92
					Canada	66


					Third place
	July 23			July 24
	Canada	83		Argentina	103
	Puerto Rico	71			Puerto Rico	101

Awards

1999 Tournament of the Americas Winners
United States Fourth title

Most Valuable Player
Steve Nash

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	United States	10–0
02 !	Canada	7–3
03 !	Argentina	7–3
4	Puerto Rico	6–4
5	Venezuela	4–4
6	Brazil	3–5
7	Dominican Republic	2–6
8	Uruguay	1–7
9	Panama	0–4
10	Cuba	0–4

References

↑ Steve Nash, jockbio.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

External links

FIBA Americas 1999 - Men Basketball, Latinbasket.com.
1999 Panamerican Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, FIBA.com.

FIBA Americas Championship

Tournaments	Puerto Rico 1980 Brazil 1984 Uruguay 1988 Mexico 1989 United States 1992 Puerto Rico 1993 Argentina 1995 Uruguay 1997 Puerto Rico 1999 Argentina 2001 Puerto Rico 2003 Dominican Republic 2005 United States 2007 Puerto Rico 2009 Argentina 2011 Venezuela 2013 Mexico 2015

Qualification	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

International men's basketball

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Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.

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